Hamburg - Lewis Hamilton is playing down the chances of replicating the third-place finish he achieved in Sunday's season- opening Formula One race in Australia in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.

"Firstly, we shouldnt get carried away by our podium in Australia. Yes, we had a fantastic race but were all aware that our car isnt capable of repeating that sort of performance on sheer pace alone," said the defending world champion in a statement on the McLaren-Mercedes team website.

Melbourne - Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug has spoken out against the uncertainty of the new rule changes in Formula One in the wake of Brawn GP's imperious one-two victory in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Jenson Button took the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello but Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull have all protested the decision by the race commissioners at Albert Park to allow Honda's successor team, as well as Williams and Toyota, to field new diffusers.

Hamburg - The Brawn GP Formula One team is to reduce the workforce at the team's Brackley factory in England by 270 to cut costs.

The team made the announcement shortly after celebrating a one-two victory in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

"It's very unfortunate that we've got to do that but it's the change of technical regulations and obviously we are now a private team," said team chief executive Nick Fry.

"We are about 700 people at the moment and we talked to the staff about going down to about 430."

Melbourne - Ferrari have reacted with a large degree of self-criticism to the Italian team's disappointing start to the 2009 Formula One season when Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen both finished out of the points in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

"This was, no matter what way you look at it, definitely not a start worthy of Ferrari. It was a day to forget," said Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali after Massa and Raikkonen failed to point at the season-opening race won by Jenson Button of Brawn GP.

Melbourne - Jenson Button says there is more to come from his Brawn GP Formula One team in 2009 after the British driver and team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished first and second in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Button led from start to finish at the Albert Park circuit as Brawn GP become the first debut team to finish one-two since 1954, when Juan Manuel Fangio led home Karl Kling for Mercedes in the French Grand Prix.

Melbourne, Mar 29 : Britain's Jenson Button led home a sensational one-two finish for Brawn GP in its debut Formula One team start at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Button rocketed away from the pole to lead throughout the 58 laps of the season-opener and kept clear of the mayhem behind him to cruise home in a safety car finish for his second victory in 154 GPs.

The 29-year-old was never headed in the 58-lap race, beating teammate Rubens Barrichello and Toyota's Jarno Trulli.

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished third in his McLaren.